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the catalogue #168

1968 George Rice, Vee bottom - Wedge tail 9ft

#168

MANUFACTURE
MANUFACTURER: George Rice Surfboards 673 Waterdale Road, Heidelberg, Victoria ph 459 1198
SHAPER: Unknown, possibly Andy Spangler or Paul 'The Fox' Pascoe, or Brian Skerry
DESIGN: Vee bottom Wedge Tail
DESIGNER: Midget Farrelly - Bob McTavish

SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION
Stringerless foam blank, volan laminate with Hour-glass patch, post-production blue spray on bottom to overlap.
DIMENSIONS

*Length:*	9	ft	0	inches
*Width:*	23 3/4	inches		*Wide Point:*	-ve 10	inches
*Nose :*	18 1/2	inches		*Tail:*	19 1/2	inches
*Thickness:*	3	inches		*Pod:*	8 1/2	inches
*Nose Lift:*		inches		*Tail Lift:*		inches
*Weight*		kilos		*Volume:*		litres
*Wedge tail:*	19 1/2	inches

FEATURES
Nose: round
Tail: chamfered wedge tail
Deck: slightly rolled
Bottom: Two phase Soft-Round to slight Vee, deepest at fin
Rails: Thin 50/50
Rocker: Marked nose lift

FIN.
Greenough 13'' x 10'' base @ 10''

DECOR
DECALS
Deck: George Rice Surfboards/4591198 multi colour script/oval at sweet spot
Bottom: George Rice Surfboards/4591198 multi colour script/oval at nose
MARKINGS
Deck: None
Bottom:
COLOUR
Deck: clear, with post-production blue spray to overlap.
Bottom: clear with post-production blue spray on bottom.

NOTES
HISTORY
Purchased Gold Coast 2001.
Extensive repairs and blue spray added
Photographed at DV8 Old Mal Rally, Shellharour, 13th April 2002.
DESIGN HISTORY.
For an extended history of the development of vee bottom boards see:
history: a period of transition 1967-1968
COMMENTS:
Very unusual (Wedge, Chisel, Screwdriver) tail, evidence of the wide range of design experimentation in this period.
Hour-glass deck patch also unusual,
note WM #3and early Mark Richards' board, in Knox : Mark Richards, page 30.
The expensive large decal was designed by Vicki, the then current female companion of shaper, Paul Pascoe.
REFERENCES
Magazine Ad: Surf Internationalmagazine 1969 Vol 2 # 6
Magazine Article : Longboarding MagazineNo 20 March/April 2002, pages 44 to 53. See below.
Other George Rice Boards : # 37 Mini gun pintail
CONDITION: 7.

George Rice and Stringerless Mini gun pintail, West Heidelberg factory, circa 1968.
From... Longboarding Magazine No 20 March/April 2002, page 44.